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Executing A Program Within A Program

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 11:00 pm
by deus_the_programmer
hi can someone supply me with some unix c  code to execue a program called: menu

many thanks,

ed.

RE:Executing A Program Within A Program

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 11:00 pm
by GT
execlp("menu", "menu", 0);

RE:Executing A Program Within A Program

Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 11:00 pm
by Gnome
One of the exec*() family of functions will do the trick together with a fork().

You can also check out the system() function, which is really a wrapped up (or "stripped down", depending on your disposition) version of the exec*()/fork() combination.

Gnome.